Each year, nearly 10,000 Connecticut children experience abuse or neglect and many enter the child protection court and foster care systems.
At-risk children frequently face physical, psychological and/or emotional trauma and uncertainty. All this chaos and inconsistency has long-term effects.
But having a caring, consistent adult - someone who listens, checks in and puts a child’s best interests before all others’- like a CAC volunteer advocate,
can make all the difference.
